How to pronounce "backward"

• "backward" pronounced in English.

Meanings and definitions of "backward"

Adjective

directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"

Synonyms:

• backward

Adjective

(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"

Synonyms:

• backward

Adjective

retarded in intellectual development

Synonyms:

• backward
• half-witted
• slow-witted
• feebleminded

Adjective

having made less than normal progress; "an economically backward country"

Synonyms:

• backward

Rule

at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"

Synonyms:

• back
• backward
• backwards
• rearward
• rearwards

Rule

in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward"

Synonyms:

• backward
• backwards

Rule

in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"

Synonyms:

• back
• backward